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The human brain is made up of billions of nerve cells (neurons) that communicate with each other in vast, interconnected ...
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UB researchers are taking inspiration from the human brain to develop computing architecture that can support the growing ...
Pain isn't just a physical sensation—it also carries emotional weight. That distress, anguish, and anxiety can turn a ...
In the hippocampus, a critical brain region for learning and memory, new cells emerge in some people into late adulthood, ...
A new study reveals that inhibitory neurons born later in development mature more quickly than earlier ones, allowing them to ...
Long overlooked and underestimated, glial cells—non-neuronal cells that support, protect and communicate with neurons—are ...
New research highlights how astrocytes, long considered mere support cells, actively shape brain network dynamics.
Research shows that neurogenesis, collateral sprouting, synaptogenesis, exercise, and an enriched complex housing environment ...
Researchers from Sweden have discovered that the human brain continues to grow new cells in the memory region—called the ...
The team suspects that neurogenesis happens in other parts of the adult brain, too. In mice, new neurons are regularly made ...
Scientists discovered that the brain keeps making new neurons even in adulthood, offering hope for brain health treatments.